The Insider - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: The Insider, Editorial

Incident date: March 8, 2020

Attack type:

  • Cyber-, DDoS, and hacker attack on a media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: MBK Media

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The website was subjected to a DDoS attack and was unavailable for several hours. Editor-in-chief Roman Dobrohotov linked the attack to two recent publications - on the transit of power in Azerbaijan and on the Russian influence in Cyprus.

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